An Orange Tree for Bassoon and Contrabassoon by Jenni Brandon (United States) *English Version.
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Hi everyone! Today poetry, music, and hope to come together in a single voice to pay a beautiful tribute to all the brave immigrants who leave their homes to fulfill their dreams far from their roots, from their land, as well as an orange tree that will give fruit wherever it is.
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An Orange Tree for Bassoon and Contrabassoon is a work inspired by the poem
"There's an orange tree out there" ("There's an Orange Tree Out There").
"There is an orange tree in front, behind that old abandoned wall, but it is not the same orange tree that we planted, and it is a beautiful orange tree so beautiful that it reminds us of that orange tree that we planted.
-in our land-.
Before coming to this house so distant and far from the one where we planted an orange tree and we even saw it bloom".
Salvadoran poet Alfonso Quijada Urías.
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Today we will talk about this nostalgic work written especially as a tribute, in it, we can feel the struggle that accompanies thousands of migrants throughout the American continent, we see them everywhere and we have even normalized it in our day by day.
Composer Jenni Brandon has written about her work and all the emotions involved in writing it, as special as "An Orange Tree".
"There is hope in this work as it explores and honors a story of remembrance, of the immigrant experience, and the ability to start a new life in a new land. Using the unique colors of the bassoon and contrabassoon, there is a conversation between these two instruments as they explore how an orange tree "out there, behind that old, abandoned garden wall" reminds us of an orange tree planted in a distant land before coming to this new place"
"The ranges of both instruments are explored in this work, using the power of the contrabassoon's low range and the beauty of the bassoon's upper range to showcase these instruments' dynamic colors.
The opening line of the work represents the theme of the orange tree and returns throughout the work as a reminder of the orange tree planted in a different land and time".
"Within the work, the instruments often change places, with the contrabassoon moving higher than the bassoon's line, showcasing the abilities of not only the instruments but the performers for which the work was written. The instruments dance and weave, at times passing fast double-tongued lines back and forth, while at other times playing legato lines of remembrance".
"The contrabassoon has a featured solo section in the work representing the line "so beautiful it makes us remember that orange tree we planted in our earth". The low resonant line from the Contrabassoon represents the earth and the memories it carries with it. As the line rises, the bassoon joins again, creating a spacious, and at times, mediative state of reverence and memory".
Written by Jenni Brandon.
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This is the return of this blog through the musical works written for bassoon by composers from the American continent, who represent a forgotten and unprotected people, with a work that conveys hope, trust, and the fear that a migrant suffers in unknown lands.
I want to end by congratulating the bassoonists, Dr. Lia Uribe and Dr. Leigh Muñoz, for commissioning this inspiring work; and of course the composer Dr. Jenni Brandon for this magnificent tribute to our migrant brothers.
You can get this wonderful work at the following link:
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Jenni Brandon
Composer
Dr. Brandon is originally from the United States, she studied for a Bachelor of Music Composition at the University of West Chester in Pennsylvania, then did her master's degree in Music Composition at the University of Texas, and finally, she did her doctorate studies at the University from Southern California.
Her music appears on more than 20 albums and has been awarded multiple times, one of them being the Hartford Women's Songwriters Festival International Songwriting Competition, all of her work is published and distributed by Boosey & Hawkes, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Graphite Publishing, TrevCo Music Publishing, Imagine Music, J. W Pepper, and June Emerson, as well as Dr. Jenni Brandon, she has her own publishing house, Jenny Brandon Music.
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Lia Uribe
Bassoonist
Dr. Uribe was born in Colombia, and she is currently a distinguished and acclaimed bassoonist both in Colombia and throughout the Americas. She is currently an Associate Professor of Bassoon at the University of Arkansas and also a Principal Bassoonist for SoNA and APO, and she is part of the Lyrique Quintette.
She has presented various musical works as a chamber musician, teaching artist, and orchestra member in countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Canada, England, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Finland, Peru, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, and Japan. Similarly, she has taught in multiple universities in the United States, she is an advocate, and she is constantly working on new music commissioning new works for bassoon.
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Leigh Muñoz
Bassoonist
Dr. Muñoz is a prominent American bassoon professor, businesswoman, and artist. She is currently an assistant professor of bassoon at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, as well as a professor at the Interlochen Arts Camp.
As the founder and owner of GoBassoon Reeds, which is now one of the most recognized brands in bassoon and contrabassoon reed-making in the world, she has also taught reed-making classes at conferences and universities in the U.S.A.
Thank you very much for accompanying me in this return to this space that travels and vibrates through music written for bassoon from our beautiful American continent!.
¡See you soon Fagoteando por America!
Jonaira Rosero
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